African Music (journal)

African Music is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the International Library of African Music. It covers contextualized studies of African music and related arts. Articles are made freely accessible after a two-year embargo period.

History
The journal was established by Hugh Tracey in 1954, in the same year as the International Library of African Music. Tracey was the first editor-in-chief until his death in 1977. Publication was interrupted from 2000 until 2007. Since it was re-launched in 2007, the journal includes a collection of music performances and audio examples relating to articles published within the respective issues.

Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
 * 1954–1977: Hugh Tracey
 * 1977–1999: Andrew Tracey
 * 2007–2016: Diane Thram
 * 2017–current: Lee Watkins

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
 * Academic Search Premier
 * International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
 * Modern Language Association Database
 * Music Index
 * Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale